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But it came to pass within a while after[H3117], in[H935] the time[H3117] of wheat[H2406]harvest[H7105], that Samson[H8123]visited[H6485] his wife[H802] with a kid[H1423]; and he said[H559], I will go in[H935] to my wife[H802] into the chamber[H2315]. But her father[H1] would not suffer[H5414] him to go in[H935].
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And her father[H1]said[H559], I verily[H559]thought[H559] that thou hadst utterly[H8130]hated[H8130] her; therefore I gave[H5414] her to thy companion[H4828]: is not her younger[H6996]sister[H269]fairer[H2896] than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
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And Samson[H8123]said[H559] concerning them, Now[H6471] shall I be more blameless[H5352] than the Philistines[H6430], though I do[H6213] them a displeasure[H7451].
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And Samson[H8123]went[H3212] and caught[H3920]three[H7969]hundred[H3967]foxes[H7776], and took[H3947]firebrands[H3940], and turned[H6437]tail[H2180] to tail[H2180], and put[H7760]a[H259]firebrand[H3940] in the midst[H8432] between two[H8147]tails[H2180].
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And when he had set[H1197] the brands[H3940] on fire[H784], he let them go[H7971] into the standing corn[H7054] of the Philistines[H6430], and burnt up[H1197] both the shocks[H1430], and also the standing corn[H7054], with the vineyards[H3754] and olives[H2132].
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Then the Philistines[H6430]said[H559], Who hath done[H6213] this? And they answered[H559], Samson[H8123], the son in law[H2860] of the Timnite[H8554], because he had taken[H3947] his wife[H802], and given[H5414] her to his companion[H4828]. And the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927], and burnt[H8313] her and her father[H1] with fire[H784].
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And Samson[H8123]said[H559] unto them, Though[H518] ye have done[H6213]this[H2063], yet will I be avenged[H5358] of you, and after[H310] that I will cease[H2308].
8And[H5921] he smote[H5221] them hip[H7785]and[H5921]thigh[H3409] with a great[H1419]slaughter[H4347]: and[H5921] he went down[H3381]and[H5921]dwelt[H3427] in the top[H5585] of the rock[H5553]Etam[H5862].
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Then the Philistines[H6430] went up[H5927], and pitched[H2583] in Judah[H3063], and spread[H5203] themselves in Lehi[H3896].
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And the men[H376] of Judah[H3063]said[H559], Why are ye come up[H5927] against us? And they answered[H559], To bind[H631]Samson[H8123] are we come up[H5927], to do[H6213] to him as he hath done[H6213] to us.
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Then three[H7969]thousand[H505]men[H376] of Judah[H3063]went[H3381] to the top[H5585] of the rock[H5553]Etam[H5862], and said[H559] to Samson[H8123], Knowest[H3045] thou not that the Philistines[H6430] are rulers[H4910] over us? what is this that thou hast done[H6213] unto us? And he said[H559] unto them, As they did[H6213] unto me, so have I done[H6213] unto them.
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And they said[H559] unto him, We are come down[H3381] to bind[H631] thee, that we may deliver[H5414] thee into the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430]. And Samson[H8123]said[H559] unto them, Swear[H7650] unto me, that ye will not fall upon[H6293] me yourselves.
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And they spake[H559] unto him, saying[H559], No; but we will bind[H631] thee fast[H631], and deliver[H5414] thee into their hand[H3027]: but surely[H4191] we will not kill[H4191] thee. And they bound[H631] him with two[H8147]new[H2319]cords[H5688], and brought him up[H5927] from the rock[H5553].
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And when he came[H935] unto Lehi[H3896], the Philistines[H6430]shouted[H7321]against[H7125] him: and the Spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068]came[H935]mightily[H6743] upon him, and the cords[H5688] that were upon his arms[H2220] became as flax[H6593] that was burnt[H1197] with fire[H784], and his bands[H612]loosed[H4549] from off his hands[H3027].
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And he found[H4672] a new[H2961]jawbone[H3895] of an ass[H2543], and put forth[H7971] his hand[H3027], and took[H3947] it, and slew[H5221] a thousand[H505]men[H376] therewith.
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And Samson[H8123]said[H559], With the jawbone[H3895] of an ass[H2543], heaps[H2565] upon heaps[H2565], with the jaw[H3895] of an ass[H2543] have I slain[H5221] a thousand[H505]men[H376].
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And it came to pass, when he had made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696], that he cast away[H7993] the jawbone[H3895] out of his hand[H3027], and called[H7121] that place[H4725]Ramathlehi[H7437].
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And he was sore[H3966]athirst[H6770], and called[H7121] on the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], Thou hast given[H5414] this great[H1419]deliverance[H8668] into the hand[H3027] of thy servant[H5650]: and now shall I die[H4191] for thirst[H6772], and fall[H5307] into the hand[H3027] of the uncircumcised?[H6189]
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But God[H430]clave[H1234] an hollow place[H4388] that was in the jaw[H3895], and there came[H3318]water[H4325] thereout; and when he had drunk[H8354], his spirit[H7307]came[H3318]again[H7725], and he revived[H2421]: wherefore he called[H7121] the name[H8034] thereof Enhakkore[H5875], which is in Lehi[H3896] unto this day[H3117].
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And he judged[H8199]Israel[H3478] in the days[H3117] of the Philistines[H6430]twenty[H6242]years[H8141].